Is it worth of buying? i have some experience using DX7(i dont own one), and i love how it sounds. But the seller is selling it quite expensive. Not much, but i may be doubting if it is worth buying, having today FM8(300u$s), or i have the option of buying a TX7 for half the price.

Here, in Argentina, there arent much options to buy should i buy the TX802?

Hi!
Not higher than 100$ for that synth!!!!
It sounds exactly like a DX7, but you can layer 8 different sounds, so it sounds wider.
The programming interface is an absolute s**t! 2 hours to make a sound...

8 part multi-timbral, 8+2 output, more algorithms/cleaner outs(vs dx7), performances (dx7ii doesn't do this sans E!, iirc), microtonal scales
I use mine more than I use my soft FM synth. The interface isn't bad once you get used to it

I haven't used mine since I got my TG-77, which essentially supercedes it. If you love FM and don't mind a learning curve, look into the TG/SY series of synths. AFM simply blows regular FM out of the universe.

The TX-802 is just like 8 DX7s, so if you like that synth, then that is a good thing (you will get all of the presets). It is h**l to edit. Yes it is...even after you have used it a lot, still like paiting a room through a keyhole.

Don't pay over 170$ (American) for it, unless you have cash to blow or the pickings are really that slim. Don't be afraid to use eBay, also. I got mine for 150$ and that was a year ago.

Programming the TX802 isn't THAT bad, sure it's not like spinning knobs on an analog, but it is certainly doable. A software editor like Midiquest would make it a lot easier though.

I have a TX802 and FM8, and so far I've only used the TX. Sometimes I play with FM8 at work on my laptop, but it's a totally different approach to programming than the TX. For example, there's no direct way to translate parameters on FM8 to the TX and vice versa. For example, if I want "algorithm 5" in FM8, I have to recreate it, or search for it, as the preset algorithms in FM8 aren't named/numbered corresponding to the DX algorithms. FM8 can read DX sysex files, but there's no way to create DX sysex from FM8, so it's a one way road.

Plus, as a child of the 80s, I like playing hands-on with a piece of gear from that area, as opposed to a modern software emulation.

Two VCO: thanks to the push rods, one can choose several forms of waves at the same time!(from a Babelfish translation of a Jupiter-6 site)

Synthaholic wrote:Programming the TX802 isn't THAT bad, sure it's not like spinning knobs on an analog, but it is certainly doable. A software editor like Midiquest would make it a lot easier though.

I have a TX802 and FM8, and so far I've only used the TX. Sometimes I play with FM8 at work on my laptop, but it's a totally different approach to programming than the TX. For example, there's no direct way to translate parameters on FM8 to the TX and vice versa. For example, if I want "algorithm 5" in FM8, I have to recreate it, or search for it, as the preset algorithms in FM8 aren't named/numbered corresponding to the DX algorithms. FM8 can read DX sysex files, but there's no way to create DX sysex from FM8, so it's a one way road.

Plus, as a child of the 80s, I like playing hands-on with a piece of gear from that area, as opposed to a modern software emulation.

Did they change that? You used to be able to load sysex dx patches directly into the FM7

I own a TX802 and it's worth getting these days for those classic sounds. You may have to replace the battery though. As for those classic sounds that's just it these days - the DX line of synths will always be that - an 80's style sound due to the sheer amount of usage they've had on recordings over the years. To me a DX synth only has a handful of decent sounds and they've all been used in one form or another that being; chunky basses, bells, DX Piano, digital strings and marimbas. So you could find it lets you down in getting something original from it - I guess you'll just have work at it more to program anything unique.